Police spent thousands of hours 'ramped' at SA hospitals due to regular delays

3 weeks, 3 days ago

DV victims to wait longer for background checks, police call for more funding

ABC

A lack of government funding has resulted in domestic violence victims having to wait longer to receive background checks on violent and controlling partners, SA Police has told the state’s Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence. Chief Inspector Kellie Watkins, who heads SA Police’s family and domestic violence section, told royal commissioner Natasha Stott Despoja that police had …

Family Royal Services Domestic Violence Funding Commission Scheme

1 month, 1 week ago

People with severe mental health issues are waiting too long for psychological treatment

NL Times

Most Dutch people are waiting too long for psychological help. Only basic mental health care organizations, where people with light to moderately severe issues are treated, are able to start the average patient on a treatment plan within the agreed length of time of 14 weeks. “At this moment, more people are working in mental health care than ever before, …

Health Care Mental Waiting Mental Health Care

1 month, 1 week ago

Four in ten who took their lives in prison were denied adequate healthcare

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “If someone needs treatment, they need treatment.” open image …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Record number of patients waiting over 12 hours after A&E admission

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery The rise in patients medically fit for discharge who remain in …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

As number of 12-hour A&E waits reaches record highs...how long can you expect to wait at YOUR local emergency department?

Daily Mail

A record number of patients were forced to wait at least 12 hours for emergency care last month, damming figures show. A record number of patients were forced to wait at least 12 hours for care after being admitted to A&E last month damming figures show. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which describes its A&E at Blackpool Victoria Hospital …

Record Trust Emergency Patients Care Emergency Care Number

1 month, 3 weeks ago

WA has Australia's worst wait times for urgent presentations to public hospital emergency departments, report finds

ABC

West Australians in need of urgent care at emergency departments are experiencing the worst wait times in the country, a report has found. The Productivity Commission's report on government health services showed just 32 per cent of patients in need of urgent care were seen on time when presenting at WA public hospitals in 2023-24. The report found just 32 …

Emergency Care Hospital Report Urgent Cent Need

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Emergency department workers in NSW brace for fallout, increased demand in wake of psychiatrist resignations

ABC

As public hospitals across NSW begin to scale back their mental health services amid a wave of psychiatrist resignations, emergency room staff are bracing for the fallout. Skye Romer, a mental health nurse at Prince of Wales Hospital, as well as its NSWNMA branch secretary, said one consequence would be bottlenecks in the flow of patients across the state's public …

Health Emergency Mental Hospital Departments Public Sector

2 months ago

Half of hospitals failing to declare critical incidents despite 12 hour waits in A&E

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That is why we must now see mandatory public reporting of critical incidents as soon …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Police call for action as mental heath call-outs hit 150,000

Dutch News

The police registered almost 150,000 reports of problems caused by people with psychiatric issues last year, a rise of 6% on 2023, according to annual figures published on Thursday by the national force. “Think about the hostage-taking in Ede last year, or murder and sex crimes,” said Noord-Nederland police chief Martin Sitalsing. “The government must make this a priority and …

2 months, 1 week ago

Police responded to nearly 150,000 incidents involving "disturbed" people last year

NL Times

Last year, the police registered 149,827 incidents “caused by people with incomprehensible or disturbed behavior.” That is an increase of 6 percent compared to 2023, the police reported on Thursday. Of the suspects arrested last year, one in five were registered as “disturbed.” The number of incidents involving people with disturbed behavior has been rising for years. The majority of …

Care Disturbed Behavior

2 months, 1 week ago

Health workers fear 'apocalyptic' outcomes for NSW emergency departments to follow psychiatrist exodus

ABC

Doctors have warned of "apocalyptic" conditions in NSW's emergency departments if the mass exodus of psychiatrists goes ahead. "The emergency department will quickly fill up with patients with mental health needs so people with heart attacks and broken legs won't be able to get in," he said. 'Crisis rates' on offer to doctors to fill out NSW psychiatry mass exodus …

Health Emergency Mental System Nsw Psychiatrists Emergency Departments

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Starmer ‘asleep at the wheel’ as A&E waits up 400-fold in a decade

The Independent

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Health England Winter Patients Number Nhs Westminster Email

2 months, 2 weeks ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: These long waits in A&E endanger lives

Daily Mail

New figures showing a record 518,000 patients waited 12 hours or more on hospital trolleys last year owing to a chronic shortage of beds are bad enough. 518,000 patients waited 12 hours or more on hospital trolleys last year Ambulances waiting to transfer patients at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester. She signed off inflation-busting public sector pay rises without asking …

Patients Hospital Mail Comment

3 months ago

Patients languish in hospital for 12,600 YEARS due to bed blocking

Daily Mail

Patients have spent an extra 4.6 million days in hospital over nearly a decade due to ‘bed blocking’. Since Public Health Scotland began producing figures in July 2016, there have been a combined total of 4,606,266 ‘bed days’ lost to delayed discharge. There have been a combined total of 4,606,266 ‘bed days’ lost to delayed discharge since July 2016 John …

Patients Discharge Scotland Hospital Delayed Bed Delayed Discharge

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Despite improvements, Canberra Health Services failed all but one of its emergency department wait-time targets

ABC

The average time patients spent being treated in ACT emergency departments has improved in the past financial year, new data shows, but Canberra Health Services still failed to meet all but one of its emergency wait-time targets. "Previously, we've seen the patient sitting in the waiting room, we've seen the patient sitting in our ED, and now we're seeing them …

Health Emergency Patients Hospital Department Cent Wait

3 months, 3 weeks ago

More than third of ambulance patients wait at least 30 minutes for A&E handover

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than a third of patients arriving by ambulance at …

England Ambulance Hospitals Hospital Nhs Patients Handover

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wes Streeting: Our outdated mental health laws are as old as I am – and treat people more like criminals than patients

The Independent

When Georgie was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa at 16, she was forced to leave behind her studies and was admitted to a mental health ward. The former prime minister was right to describe shortfalls in mental health services and discriminatory use of the law as “a burning injustice”. But while attitudes have changed, some of the most important laws that …

Mental Health Patients Care Health Services Mental Treat Mental Health Services

5 months ago

Ambulance crews are being ordered to dump severely ill patients in hospital corridors if there are no emergency doctors around

Daily Mail

Ambulance staff have been instructed to leave severely ill patients in hospital corridors if they're forced to wait longer than 45 minutes to hand over to emergency medicals teams. Ambulance staff have been told to leave patients in hospital corridors if they wait longer than 45 minutes London ambulances began testing a policy which saw ambulance crews not wait for …

Policy London Emergency Nhs Hand Minutes 45 Minutes

6 months ago

Police officers overworked as unfilled vacancies and sick leave surge, driving thousands to leave the force

ABC

Thousands of vacancies for police officers across Australia are making it harder for police to protect the public, unions say. Mr Weber, whose organisation represents more than 65,000 police officers around Australia, said the high rates of sick leave was due to the injuries from extra work. There were 1,362 police officers on long-term sick leave in NSW, taking the …

Australia Work Vacancies Cent Officers Leave Total

6 months ago

Queensland health minister admits government is still 'playing catch-up' in public mental health provision

ABC

Warning: This article contains references to mental health and suicide. Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman admits the government is still "playing catch-up" when it comes to the provision of public mental health services in the wake of a tragic suicide. Ms Fentiman was commenting after the ABC highlighted the case of Angie Johnson, who took her own life in May, …

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6 months ago

Psychiatrists and families call for funding overhaul of Queensland's broken mental health system

ABC

Warning: This article contains references to mental health and suicide. Contact Emma Pollard at pollard.emma@abc.net.au No effort made to ensure safe accommodation Angelica's previous suicide attempt happened inside the Caboolture Hospital grounds after she discharged herself from that facility's mental health ward in February. "As with any unexpected death, a thorough review into the care provided to this patient and …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mental health deaths issue downplayed by those in heart of government – inquiry

The Independent

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ambulance ramping leaves Victorian regions without paramedics as state grapples with ongoing issue

ABC

Matthew Watt has faced many emergencies during his nine years as a paramedic but he says the night of Friday, August 16 was one of the worst. "Ramping has been happening my entire time at Ambulance Victoria," Mr Watt said. "It leaves a huge blackspot where there's no ambulance resourcing available and patients go without getting the care they need …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Demand for Canberra's health system is outpacing supply, forcing more patients to travel interstate for treatment

ABC

Femke Matthews lives just 10 minutes from Canberra's biggest hospital, so it was a shock to learn it would take a three-hour drive to access the medical treatment needed to save her daughter. "I didn't expect that would be our hub, that we wouldn't be able to get the proper treatment that we needed for that here in Canberra, the …

Health Treatment Patients Hospital Canberra Act Sydney

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Psychiatrists call to upgrade Queensland's mental health units as ABC confirms 19 inpatient suicides in six years

ABC

The college of psychiatrists in Queensland says the state government needs to spend "hundreds of millions" of dollars to upgrade decades-old mental health wards, with a concerning number of patients dying by suicide inside public hospitals over the past six years. Professor Emmerson said the state government's new payroll tax to help fund mental health services is not enough. Urgent …

Health Mental Health Services Suicide Mental State North

6 months, 4 weeks ago

ACT police issue public health warning after two drug overdose deaths in 24 hours

ABC

ACT police have issued a health alert after two fatal drug overdoses in Canberra in the space of 24 hours. While the exact cause of the overdoses is yet to be revealed, police said they "suspect high drug purity levels or the addition of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl or nitazene, may be responsible". "Police are obviously concerned, we've seen …

Health Drugs Deaths Drug Canberra Act Barr

7 months, 1 week ago

Chronic delays sees 56 ambulances ramped, 23 patients kept waiting, union says

ABC

Chronic levels of ramping — as bad as when borders reopened during the COVID years — have left more than 20 South Australians without an ambulance, a union says. Ambulance Employees Association general secretary Leah Watkins told ABC Radio Adelaide 56 ambulances were ramped outside five public hospitals on Wednesday, with 23 emergency cases in the community "uncovered". "It so …

Ambulance Care Hours Patient Watkins South Australia Kept Waiting

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Residential aged care patient dies while waiting five hours for ambulance in Adelaide, union says

ABC

A patient at a residential aged care home in Adelaide's north-east has died while waiting around five hours for an ambulance, the state's ambulance union says. Ambulance Employees Association general secretary Leah Watkins said she understood the patient was initially triaged as a priority 3 case, which the South Australian Ambulance Service said had a target response time of 30 …

Ambulance Waiting Patient Priority Five Hours Ms Watkins

7 months, 2 weeks ago

NHS waiting list rises for third consecutive month

The Independent

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8 months ago

7 mins, 30 seconds: UP leads in ambulance response time

Hindustan Times

LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh is a leading state in terms of 108 ambulance response time for many years, with a current response time of 7 minutes and 30 seconds compared to 16 minutes and 52 seconds in 2016-17, the state government was quoted in a release on Friday. Timely emergency access to healthcare facilities can save lives and keeping this in …

Ambulance State Response Minutes Seconds Response Time 7 Minutes

8 months ago

7 mins, 30 seconds: UP leads in ambulance response time

Hindustan Times

LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh is a leading state in terms of 108 ambulance response time for many years, with a current response time of 7 minutes and 30 seconds compared to 16 minutes and 52 seconds in 2016-17, the state government was quoted in a release on Friday. Timely emergency access to healthcare facilities can save lives and keeping this in …

Ambulance State Response Minutes Seconds Response Time 7 Minutes

8 months ago

Ambulance ramping reaches 'crisis levels' as union casts doubt on improvements before next election

ABC

One of the government's key backers ahead of the last SA election says it now has doubts the ramping crisis will be fixed in time for the 2026 poll, and claims an 83-year-old woman was ramped for more than 12 hours last night outside the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Ambulance Employees Association general secretary Leah Watkins told ABC Radio Adelaide that …

Health Labor Ambulance Election Care Hospital Federal

8 months ago

Bangladesh arrest total passes 1,100: AFP tally

Hindustan Times

The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh has passed the 1,100 mark, a new AFP tally showed Tuesday, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. Bangladesh arrest total passes 1,100: AFP tally At least 168 people have died, including several police officers, according to a separate AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals. On …

Told Afp Bangladesh Arrest

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Opposition raises suicide of policemen in Assembly; stages walkout

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPRUAM: The Opposition staged a walkout from the Assembly on Monday in protest against the government's refusal to address the acute staff shortage in the police force that has created physical and mental stress among policemen, driving many of them to suicide. Congress MLA PC Vishnunadh, who gave notice to discuss the matter through an adjournment motion, said 88 policemen …

Policemen Raises Suicide

9 months ago

Nearly 19,000 NHS patients waiting for more than three days in A&E

The Telegraph

Both Labour and the Conservatives have pledged to meet NHS targets in their manifestos. Commenting on the new figures, which were obtained as part of an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme which airs on Monday, Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said: “Spending days in an emergency department is … worse than spending days …

England Patients Nhs

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ambulance ramping smashes previous record in SA as war of words erupts over election

ABC

In short: T he number of hours ambulances spent ramped outside SA hospitals climbed to 4,773 in May. The SA opposition said it was a "bleak day" for the state's health system but the government said it was continuing to deliver beds into the system. At a media conference in response to the ramping data, Opposition Leader David Speirs described …

Health Labor Hours System South Australia Ramping Picton

9 months, 4 weeks ago

South Australia public hospitals operating in internal emergency, elective surgeries paused

ABC

In short: South Australia's entire public hospital system is operating under an internal emergency with long patient wait times and delayed elective surgeries. South Australia's entire public hospital system is operating under an internal emergency with long patient wait times and delayed elective surgeries. SA Health chief executive Robyn Lawrence called a code yellow on Thursday afternoon, opening all available …

Health Emergency Hospitals Hospital Wait South Australia Sa Health

10 months ago

Waitlist times for men seeking help for violent behaviour reach five months as organisations call for more support

ABC

Men's Behaviour Change Programs are experiencing a surge in demand across the country, with men self-reporting as violent and urgently seeking help. "In New South Wales, we have 245 men on our waiting list, waiting up to five months to get a place." Men really have to face some of the actions that they've taken within their family circumstances look …

Change Men Jake Nsw Program New South Wales Five Months

10 months ago

Mental health study suggests patients born overseas more likely to be held in hospital involuntarily

ABC

The first time Jasper* was admitted to hospital against her will, she was held there for more than two months. In a statement NSW Health said mental healthcare was most appropriately provided in the community, to avoid the need for emergency hospital care. "NSW Health is committed to providing the best possible mental health care and treatment in the least …

Health Community Mental Health Treatment Care Mental Hospital

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Met Police send warning over ‘stretched’ NHS services as it redirects 6,000 mental health calls

The Independent

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11 months ago

People detained under the Mental Health Act dying at three times the rate of those held in prisons

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy People detained under the Mental …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Psychiatrists urge the government to address critical mental health workforce shortage

ABC

In short: More than 500 psychiatrists signed an open letter to the federal health minister urging the government to address workforce shortages last month. More than 500 psychiatrists signed an open letter to the federal health minister urging the government to address workforce shortages last month. RANZCP president Elizabeth Moore said long wait times for patients seeking critical mental health …

Care Health Services Mental Federal More People Moore Psychiatrists

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Long A&E waiting times ‘needlessly killing 250 people a week’

The Independent

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England Emergency Long Cent Hours Nhs Health Check

1 year, 1 month ago

Police playing ‘chicken’ with patients by refusing to answer mental health calls, ambulance chiefs warn

The Independent

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Health Ambulance Services Care Mental Right Person

1 year, 1 month ago

Services Australia employees publicly shamed for toilet breaks over 5 minutes

ABC

In short: Staff at Services Australia say they are being publicly humiliated and face disciplinary action if they take longer than 5 minutes to go to the toilet. Staff at Services Australia say they are being publicly humiliated and face disciplinary action if they take longer than 5 minutes to go to the toilet. "How is it acceptable to use …

Australia Services Disciplinary Action Work Toilet Wait Howard

1 year, 1 month ago

Record 180,000 patients suffered ‘degrading’ 12 hour waits in A&E last month

The Independent

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England Patients Month Cent Hours Last Year Waiting

1 year, 1 month ago

Patients at risk of suicide and harm over unsafe hospital discharges

The Independent

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Health Independent Services Patients Mental Hospital Ombudsman

1 year, 1 month ago

Calls for action over unregulated healthcare workers after NHS mental health abuse scandal exposed

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Figures show 136 Tasmanians died after at least 30 minutes of hospital ramping, in the past five years

ABC

In short: Figures show 136 people have died in Tasmanian hospitals in the 24 hours after being ramped in an ambulance for at least 30 minutes. In response to Tim's father's story, a Health Department spokesperson said while the department was unable to comment on individual patient circumstances, it would "welcome anyone with concerns about their care to speak to …

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